SV: st: foreach

["Tomas Lind" <tomas.lind@ki.se>]

Yeas,

The variable names are saba_L, saba_B, laba_L, laba_B   etc etc.
saba and laba are not variable names. The code below works

foreach  XX  in saba laba  {
tab `XX'_L  if `XX'_B != .
}

/Tomas




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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] För Martin Weiss
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Ämne: AW: st: foreach


<> 
So the -foreach- question has been solved, but in combination with "_B"  and
"_L" the "saba" and "laba" still yield valid -varname-s, right? Otherwise
commands inside the loop will complain, I guess...



HTH
Martin


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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Tomas Lind
Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. Juni 2010 15:19
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Betreff: SV: st: foreach

It works!

Yeas, saba, laba etc are not variable names.

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!! 

/Tomas



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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] För Richard Goldstein
Skickat: den 29 juni 2010 14:51
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Ämne: Re: st: foreach

"saba" and "laba" are, apparently, not variable names so this is not a
varlist; try -foreach XX in saba laba {-

Rich

On 6/29/10 8:44 AM, Tomas Lind wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I have a lot of variables ending up with _L or _B (for example saba_B,
> saba_L, laba_B, laba_L)
> 
> If I simplify my problem I would like to do the following
> 
> foreach  XX  of varlist   saba  laba  {
> tab `XX'_B   if `XX'_L != .
> }
> 
> But it doesn't work.
> 
> Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?
> 
> 
> /Tomas
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